| Course Code : | 2001WETPFM | | Study domain: | Biology | | Semester: | Semester: 1st semester
| | Contact hours: | 63 | | Credits: | 6 | | Study load (hours): | 168 | | Contract restrictions: | Exam contract not possible
| | Language of instruction : | English
| | Exam period: | exam in the 1st semester
| | Tutor(s) | Kris Vissenberg
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1. Prerequisites
At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:
An active knowlegde of :Specific prerequisites for this course:
Students must have a credit for plant physiology and morphology (Form and Function).
2. Learning outcomes
This course tackles up-to-date advanced research in plant development. Specific skills are trained:
- Find relevant information in given literature
- integrate and summarize relevant informations
- teamwork
- make a relevant literature search
- select important information
- present relevant findings in a strict timespan
- How to discuss data
- Have a profound knowledge of the most recent advances in plant physiology and functional morphology
3. Course contents
Partim Physiology
: Tackles vegetative and generative development, physiology of seeds, senescence, regeneration and stress resistence.
Partim Morphology
: Typical features of a plant cell (vacuole, cell wall, plasmodesmata,...) and their characteristics are discussed in the most recent context of plant research output. We investigate the role of a plant cell in frame of the function of tissues e.g. during water transport in seed plants.
4. Teaching method
Class contact teaching: Lectures
Personal work: Assignments:In groupCasussen: In groupPaper: In group
Directed self-study
Project-based work:In group
5. Assessment method and criteria
Written assignment: With oral presentation
Discussion-based exam
6. Study material
Required reading
For each topic, a selection op papers and chapters in the studybook "Plant Physiology" by Taiz and Zeiger (4de editie, uitgeverij Sinauer, ISBN 0-87893-856-7) is given as a start.
Starting from this information, the student has to make a literature search and should summarize the relevant information.
Optional reading
The following study material can be studied on a voluntary basis:
Starting from the conpulsory reading, the student has to make a literature search and should summarize the relevant information. The recommanded reading is therefor specific for each individual topic.
7. Contact information
Prof. Dr. Kris Vissenberg, Campus Groenenborger, kris.vissenberg@ua.ac.be
Prof. Dr. Els Prinsen, Campus Groenenborger, els.prinsen@ua.ac.be
(+)last update: 07/09/2011 11:07 kris.vissenberg
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